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Valencia, Heriberto González; Enríquez, Jakeline Amparo Villota; Tigreros, María Eufemia Freire – English Language Teaching, 2018
In this research article an analysis and evaluation of virtual learning spaces is carried out. To address this process, three (3) academic virtual platforms were selected, Moodle, Blackboard and Jimdo. The methodology used was of a descriptive type, applying the synchronous and asynchronous methods of virtual teaching established in each of the…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Instructional Innovation, Vignettes, Virtual Classrooms
Zhao, Cairan; Pandian, Ambigapathy; Singh, Manjet Kaur Mehar – English Language Teaching, 2016
In English as first language contexts, clear requirement for critical thinking (CT) has been listed in teaching guidelines and assessment criteria in higher education. At present, fostering language learners to be critical thinkers is valued in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching as well; yet how to achieve the objective remains a…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Liu, Junshuan – English Language Teaching, 2021
This article explores native speakerism, a chauvinistic ideology, in reference to relevant literature. It first exposes its ideological essence and adverse effects on English language teaching (ELT), and then moves to deconstruct the native speakerist practices concerning English language teachers, English language norm, cultural foundation of ELT…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Del Toro, Zaily Patricia; Mercado, Ana Carolina; Manjarres, Milton Pájaro; Noriega, Luis Fernando; Watts, Willington; Sanchez, Milton Lopez – English Language Teaching, 2019
This article presents a reflection on the educational scenario that permeates the teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) in its political, methodological, didactic, curricular and investigative dimensions. A description of the current English reading comprehension level in the national context is presented. On the other hand, from a…
Descriptors: Barriers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lin, Wang – English Language Teaching, 2017
Constructivism is a theory related to knowledge and learning, focusing on learners' subjective initiative, based on which the interactive approach has been proved to play a crucial role in language learning. Accordingly, the interactive approach can also be applied to translation teaching since translation itself is a bilingual transformational…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Translation, Constructivism (Learning), Courseware
Al Asmari, AbdulRahman – English Language Teaching, 2013
Language learning process works through the learners' own reflection on how they learn and it makes learners active in the sense that they learn to analyze their learning strategies. So they start making decisions, e.g., whether to improve them or not, and in which way. Generally, this trait is missing in traditional language teaching process and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Personal Autonomy
Morales J., María V.; Morales J., María A. – English Language Teaching, 2017
This study describes the presence of professional skills found in poster session proposals in order to consider the use of poster sessions for developing the skills required by the 2012 Ecuadorian Standards for English teachers, specifically related to the fifth domain professionalism. Thirteen poster session proposals for a national English…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Visual Aids, Skill Analysis, National Standards
Chien, Chin-Wen – English Language Teaching, 2014
Under task-based language teaching (TBLT), language learners engage in purposeful, problem-oriented, and outcome-driven tasks that are comparable to real-world activities. This qualitative case study discusses the integration of a task-based approach into a TESOL course in a language teacher education program in Taiwan with regard to 39…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Task Analysis
Ostovar-Namaghi, Seyyed Ali; Gholami, Maryam – English Language Teaching, 2018
Numerous studies have verified the effect of cyclical presentation of materials on learners' language proficiency and achievement. However, there is a dearth of research exploring language teachers' perceptions of cyclical approach. Since teachers' perceptions may catalyze or nullify the effect of this approach, this study aims at exploring…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grounded Theory
Gibson, Charles – English Language Teaching, 2016
Despite a well-documented history of immigration in the United States of America and rise in population of students that speak a language other than English, academic achievement gaps between English Language Learners and their native English language speaking counterparts from Grades Pre-Kindergarten through the college/university level still…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Achievement Gap, Literature Reviews, Vocabulary Development
Ren, Junhong – English Language Teaching, 2017
College English writing instruction has been a prominent research area in EFL field in mainland China. This paper has continued the focus by exploring a seemingly effective way for college English writing instruction in China--teaching writing based on reading on the basis of the "output-driven, input-enabled" hypothesis. This hypothesis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Nonmajors, English (Second Language)
Liu, Juan – English Language Teaching, 2017
Language is an indispensable part of culture, and it is also a major carrier and medium of culture communication and transmission. Learning a foreign language means not only learning basic language knowledge, training and improving the ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, but enriching the cross-cultural awareness,…
Descriptors: College English, Teaching Methods, Integrated Curriculum, College Second Language Programs
A Metafunctional Analysis of the News "ROK, DPRK Agree to Defuse Tension after Talks" on China Daily
Xu, Bo – English Language Teaching, 2015
On the basis of the three metafunctions in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL): experiential, interpersonal and textual, the paper makes an analysis of the current news "ROK, DPRK Agree to Defuse Tension after Talks" on China Daily. The paper finds out that the political news has unique features in terms of experiential, interpersonal…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Accuracy, Experiential Learning, Interpersonal Competence
Vennakkadan, Abdul Latheef; Irudayasamy, Julius – English Language Teaching, 2014
The present study examines the need for a specific approach to spelling instruction in ELT curriculum for ESL/EFL learners as it is an area where the L2 learners encounter a lot of learning difficulties or experience both inter/intra linguistic transfer. The study further explores the rationale for combating the spelling difficulties of ESL/EFL…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Learning Problems
Dastjerdi, Hossein Vahid; A'lipour, Javad – English Language Teaching, 2010
A great deal of attention has been paid to the role of idiomatic language in learning a second language. It has been recently recognized by some second language researchers (e.g. Danesi, 2003) that second language speakers may sound unnatural if their speech is devoid of idiomatic language. This article is an attempt to see how the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns, Language Acquisition